The U.S. Senate confirmed six nominees to U.S. District Court judgeships. The 94 U.S. District Courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. The Senate has confirmed 214 of President Trump’s Article III judicial nominees—two Supreme Court justices, 53 appellate court judges, 157 district court judges, and two U.S. Court of International Trade judges—since January 2017.
The confirmed nominees are:
Stephen McGlynn and David Dugan, confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. When they assume office (after receiving their judicial commission and taking their judicial oath), the court will have: • No vacancies. • Two Democrat-appointed judges and two Republican-appointed judges.
Stanley Blumenfeld, Mark Scarsi, and John Holcomb, confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. When they assume office, the court will have: • Seven vacancies. • Nine Democrat-appointed judges and 12 Republican-appointed judges.
Todd Robinson, confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. After Robinson assumes office, the court will have: • Four vacancies. • Four Democrat-appointed judges and five Republican-appointed judges.
Blumenfeld, Scarsi, Holcomb, and Robinson are the first four District Court nominees to be confirmed to a California court since Trump took office.
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Judicial vacancies during Trump’s first term
Current federal judicial vacancies
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